<html><head><title>LTrim</title></head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFDF" link="#009999" vlink="#006666" alink="#006666">
<font face="Arial" size="2"><p align="center"><b><font size="4">LTrim()</font></b></p>
<p><b>Syntax</b></p><blockquote>
Result$ = <font color="#006666"><b>LTrim</b></font>(String$ [, Character$])</blockquote>

</blockquote>
<b>Description</b><br><blockquote>

Removes all the specified characters located in the front of a string. 

</blockquote><p><b>Parameters</b></p><blockquote>
<style type="text/css">
table.parameters { border-spacing: 0px; border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; }
table.parameters td { border-width: 1px; padding: 6px; border-style: solid; border-color: gray; vertical-align: top; font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt; }
</style>
<table width="90%" class="parameters">
<tr><td width="10%"><i>String$</i></td>
<td width="90%"> 
The string to trim. 

</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Character$ (optional)</i></td>
<td> 
The character used to trim the string. The default character is 'space'. 
'Character$' has to be a one character length string. 

</td></tr>
</table>
</blockquote><p><b>Return value</b></p><blockquote>

A new string holding the original string with the front characters removed. 

</blockquote><p><b>Example</b></p><blockquote>

<pre><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"size="2">  <b><font color="#006666">Debug</font></b> <font color="#006666">LTrim</font>("     This is Art")  <font color="#006666">; Will display "This is Art"</font>
  <b><font color="#006666">Debug</font></b> <font color="#006666">LTrim</font>("!!Hello Word", "!") <font color="#006666">; Will display "Hello World"</font>
</font></pre>

</blockquote><p><b>See Also</b></p><blockquote>

<a href="rset.html">RSet()</a>, <a href="lset.html">LSet()</a>, <a href="rtrim.html">RTrim()</a>, <a href="trim.html">Trim()</a> 

</Blockquote><p><b>Supported OS </b><Blockquote>All</Blockquote></p><center><- <a href=lset.html>LSet()</a> - <a href=index.html>String Index</a> - <a href=left.html>Left()</a> ->

</body></html>